Anthropic at Risk of Huawei-Like Ban After Pentagon Punishment

Anthropic PBC runs the risk of losing a wide range of US government business after the Defense Department declared it a supply-chain risk, a rare designation that until now has only been assigned to companies from adversary nations like China’s Huawei Technologies Co.

Such a penalty has never been imposed on an American company, let alone one at the leading edge of new technology that the government has declared a priority, according to contracting and national security specialists. The Pentagon’s decision, they said, risks setting a dangerous precedent for companies seeking to innovate in areas like Anthropic in artificial intelligence. ...